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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
3rd Phase of Sagar Parikrama program to start on Sunday
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India will start the 3rd phase of ‘Sagar Parikrama’, on Sunday 19th February from Surat in Gujarat. The three-day program will culminate on 21 February in Mumbai. This unique program started to commemorate the 75th Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, is being organized through a pre-decided sea route covering coastal states/UTs. The Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Shri. Parshottam Rupala will inaugurate the event at Hajira port in Surat. The Minister will interact with representatives of the fishermen community on the way.
The Phase –I programme of ‘Sagar Parikrama’ was organized in Gujarat, during 5-6 March, 2022.
‘Sagar Parikrama’ aims to  facilitate interaction with fishermen, coastal communities and stakeholders so as to disseminate information of various fisheries related schemes and programs being implemented by the Government,  demonstrating solidarity with all fisher folk, fish farmers and concerned stakeholder’s as a spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat  promote responsible fisheries with focus on sustainable balance between the utilization of marine fisheries resources for food security of nation and livelihoods of coastal fisher communities, and  protection of marine ecosystems.
‘Sagar Parikrama’ program envisages to cover the maritime States/UTs in a phased manner. The fishermen, fisher communities and stakeholders in the coastal areas are likely to be benefitted with awareness of various beneficiary oriented schemes and programs being implemented by the Government and showcasing them the best practices that may be adopted. The interaction programs being organized during the ‘Sagar Parikrama’ aims to resolve the issues of the fishers and other stakeholders and to facilitate their economic up-liftment through various fisheries schemes and programs being implemented by the Government of India, such as ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana’  a flagship scheme with highest ever estimated investment of Rs.20,050 crore in fisheries sector, ‘Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund’  of Rs. 7522.48 crore to provide concessional finance to eligible entities, and the facility of Kisan Credit Card  which has been extended for fishers and fish farmers. In addition to the schemes and programs of fisheries sector, the ‘Sagar Parikrama’ program envisages creation of awareness on various other schemes and programs of the Government of India.
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Ministry of Finance
Contractor of Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation arrested for GST evasion of Rs. 9 Crore
Mumbai, 28th January 2022
CGST Navi Mumbai Commissionerate of Mumbai zone has arrested a businessman, a co-venturer of M/s. Pratibha CSL Sudhir Constructions Joint Venture, for GST evasion of Rs 9 Crore. This entity had taken a contract from Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation in the year 2016, for construction of Metro Train Depot at Nagpur and had collected GST. They had not paid GST of Rs. 8.05 Crore to the GST authorities, which was collected three years ago in 2018. Additionally, taxpayer had also availed ineligible Input Tax Credit  of Rs. 95 lakhs.
GST collected by a taxpayer has to be deposited with the exchequer within three months of the collection, otherwise it is an offence under section 132 of the CGST Act. , he was arrested on 27.01.2022 under section 69 of the CGST Act and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Vashi on 28.01.2022. The Hon’ble court has sent the accused for 14 days judicial custody. Aside from payment of tax, interest and penalty, this offence attracts prison term up to five years.
This case is a part of Anti-Evasion drive launched by CGST, Mumbai Zone against the fraudsters and tax evaders who creating unhealthy competition for compliant taxpayers and defrauding the Government exchequer. As a part of this drive, Navi Mumbai Commissionerate has detected tax evasion of Rs 415 Crore, recovered Rs. 18.63 crore and arrested 10 persons so far.
The CGST Department is using data analysis tools to identify tax evaders. By using data analysis and network analysis, the officers of CGST Mumbai zone have booked more than 625 tax evasion cases, detected tax evasion of Rs. 5500 Crore, recovered Rs. 630 Crore and arrested 47 persons, in the last five months.
A meeting was also held between senior officials of CGST Mumbai zone and Maharashtra State GST Authorities wherein both sides agreed to initiate a coordinated anti-tax evasion action plan against the tax evaders. A road map was also laid for identification of fraudsters and to bring them to book. Both authorities also decided to intensify their anti-tax evasion efforts in the coming days.
Source: CGST Navi Mumbai/DL/PM
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Ministry of Culture
Permission for shooting of films in ASI monuments will be granted within 3 weeks: Shri Prahlad Singh Patel
It is a small step to promote the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modis Atam Nirbhar Bharat initiative: Culture Minister
Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism  Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a virtual conversation with FICCI Frames said that
there will be no need to wait longer for permission to shoot films in any of the monuments of the Archaeological Survey of India . Shri Patel said that film makers will get permission of shooting within 3 weeks after applying online on the ASI website . He further said that this announcement will not only promote the shooting of films in India, but will also increase the popularity of Indian monuments.
Shri Patel said that this announcement is a small step to promote Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s Atam Nirbhar Bharat initiative. Shri Patel also urged film industry to shoot in less popular ASI monuments along with known ones, so that world can get information about those monuments as well. At the same time, the Union Minister also requested to do more shooting in North-Eastern India and Himalayan states so that the country and the world will get to know more about their natural beauty and vibrant culture.
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President pays tribute to Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on Shaheed Diwas
"Their legacy would ever be inspirational and motivational for all," - Vice President
The Hon’ble Vice President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar paid tribute to Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, during his address in the Rajya Sabha today.
Recognising them as ‘legendary heroes of our freedom struggle’, Shri Dhankhar noted that their martyrdom was a milestone in India’s struggle for Independence. Their supreme sacrifice for the nation, he said, helped pave the way for citizens to cherish their democratic values in a free India.
Shri Dhankhar called upon all countrymen to uphold the values for which these martyrs laid down their lives. He also requested Members of the Rajya Sabha to rise in their seats and observe silence as a mark of respect to the brave martyrs.
In his statement, the Vice President said;
“Hon'ble Members, today is the 92nd anniversary of the martyrdom of three greatest sons of Bharat- Sardar Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. These legendary heroes of our freedom struggle laid down their lives for India’s independence, for our freedom, on this day in the year 1931.
Their supreme sacrifice, at a very young age, marked a watershed moment in our freedom struggle. They chose the path of martyrdom so that every Indian can live a life of freedom and dignity, enjoying democratic values. Their legacy would ever be inspirational and motivational for all.
They exemplify the highest commitment to Nationalism and Freedom. On this day, let us resolve to uphold and cherish the values for which these martyrs sacrificed their lives. Let’s pledge to always keep Bharat first.”
The Hindi translation of his statement is as follows:
“माननीय सदस्यो, आज भारत के तीन महान सपूतों, सरदार भगत सिंह, राजगुरु और सुखदेव की शहादत की 92वीं वर्षगांठ है। वर्ष 1931 में आज ही के दिन आजादी के इन नायकों ने भारत की आजादी के लिए अपने प्राण न्यौछावर कर दिये थे।
युवावस्था में उनका यह सर्वोच्च बलिदान हमारी आजादी की लड़ाई में एक ऐतिहासिक घटना थी। उन्होंने शहादत का रास्ता इसलिए चुना ताकि प्रत्येक भारतीय स्वतंत्रता, स्वाभिमान और लोकतान्त्रिक मूल्यों का जीवन जी सके। उनकी शहादत सब के लिए हमेशा प्रेरणास्रोत रहेगी।
उन्होंने राष्ट्रवाद और स्वतंत्रता के लिए सर्वोच्च मिसाल प्रस्तुत की। आइए आज हम सब मिलकर उन मूल्यों को संजोने का संकल्प लें जिनके लिए उन्होनें बलिदान दिया। आइए मिलकर राष्ट्र को सर्वप्रथम रखने की प्रतिज्ञा करें।“
Election Commission
ECI replaces Expenditure Observer of Ambala
The Election Commission of India has replaced Expenditure Observer of Ambala after reviewing the performance of Observers during the ongoing Haryana elections. The Expenditure Observer was removed for not supervising the enforcement activities in right earnest and his overall performance was not found satisfactory.
The new Expenditure Observer of Ambala Sh. Ritesh Parmar, IRS has assumed duty w.e.f. today i.e. 18th October, 2019.
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Ministry of Electronics & IT
Government clarifies that there is no cyber breach into NIC email system
A media story on impact of data breaches in organisations such as Air India, Big Basket and Domino’s has claimed that these breaches have exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC emails to the hackers.
In view of this it is important to clarify that firstly, there has been no cyber breach into the email system of the Government of India maintained by the National Informatics Centre . The email system is totally safe and secure.
Secondly, cyber security breach on external portals may not impact the users of Government Email Service, unless the Government users have registered on these portals using their Government Email Address and have used the same password as the one used in the Government Email Account.
NIC Email system has put in place several security measures such as two factor authentication and change of password in 90 days. Further, any change of password in NIC Email requires mobile OTP and if the mobile OTP is incorrect then change of password will not be possible. Any attempt of phishing using NIC Email can be mitigated by NIC. NIC also undertakes user awareness drives from time to time and keeps updating the users about potential risks and safety protocols.
Ministry of Coal
International Day of Yoga celebrated in NLCIL with enthusiasm
Post covid recovery programmes highlight of the week-long celebrations
As India holds its pride in the world with the ‘ International Day of Yoga 2021’ being observed today, NLC India Limited marked the occasion with enthusiastic and wholehearted participation by its employees and their families across Neyveli and its other Units. The focus of the week-long Yoga events, starting on 17th June 2021, organised by NLCIL in its build-up to this significant day, has been holistic wellness of the Covid-recovered participants under the overarching theme of “Yoga for Well being”.
Placing due emphasis on the importance of health education and the role of traditional Indian practices in achieving the same, NLCIL has been running a dedicated Ayurvedic Health Care Service and along with the Company’s Learning & Development Centre, has been organising regular training programmes on Yogic Science . With professional collaboration of NGOs, NLCIL has been successful in popularising Yoga practices and has been organising a series of Yoga Camps and programmes in its Neyveli Township, for the benefit of its employees, family members as well as the general public. The programmes covered during the week included hourly yoga sessions covering Immunity Boosting Breathing Exercises, simple Yogasanas and meditation for healthy living. ‘Nadha Yoga’ program was also arranged for the employees for practising Oli  Meditation.
On the final day,  Yoga Demonstration Programme was organised in Neyveli township, wherein Yoga trainers along with students demonstrated various Yogasana by following all COVID-19 protocol. Around 5000 employees and their dependents, including senior officials benefitted from the programme which was live streamed across various Social Media platforms as well as the NLCIL Intranet. CMD and Functional Directors of NLCIL also joined the programme through Virtual Mode .
From the year 2015 onwards, when at the initiative of Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, the United Nations General Assembly took the historic decision to declare 21st June as the International Day of Yoga, NLCIL has been celebrating 21st June in a befitting manner .
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey presides over the Hindi Advisory Committee meeting of the Ministry of Heavy Industries at Gangtok
Appeals for linguistic self-reliance on the lines of Prime Minister's self-reliant India
The meeting of the Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Heavy Industries was held today at Gangtok. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries presided over the meeting.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pandey appealed for linguistic self-reliance on the lines of Prime Minister's self-reliant India and said that Hindi needs to be increased keeping respect for all regional languages. The Minister said that he is accepting files only in Hindi in his office.
He also described the selection of Sikkim for the first meeting of the committee as very important and symbolic. His suggestion that the tradition of inviting members of Parliamentary Official Language Committee and Hindi Salahkar Samiti should be started especially during Hindi fortnight was warmly welcomed.
Rajya Sabha MP Ms. Seema Dwivedi and Lok Sabha MP  Shri Bhola Singh were also present in the meeting. Secretary Ministry of Heavy Industries, Shri Arun Goyal, Joint Secretary Shri Vijay Mittal, Director Shri Rajnesh Singh and Vikas Dogra were present from the Ministry.
Members of the committee included the learned non-official members of Hindi, Prof. Puran Chand Tandon , Prof. Okean LEGO , Dr. Santram Vaish  and Dr. Bandana Pandey .
Shri Bhola Singh raised the issue of excessive use of English words in the presentation of some companies. Pro. Tandon drew attention to the vacancies of directors in five major Hindi institutions of the Centre. The Minister said that he would write a letter to the Home Minister regarding this.
Hindi Salahkar Samiti is a committee constituted in each ministry of the central government to promote official work in Hindi, which has a provision of holding at least two meetings in a year. The meeting held in Gangtok on May 15 was the first meeting of the reconstituted committee of the ministry.
Ministry of Finance
Clarification for use of functionality under section 206AB and 206CCA of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Finance Act, 2021 inserted two new sections 206AB and 206CCA in the Income-tax Act 1961 which takes effect from 1st day of July, 2021. These sections mandate tax deduction or tax collection at higher rate in case of certain non-filers . Higher rate is twice the prescribed rate or 5%, whichever is higher.
To implement these two provisions, tax deductor/collector was required to do a due diligence of satisfying himself if the deductee/collectee is a specified person. This would have resulted in extra compliance burden on such tax deductor/collector. To ease this compliance burden the Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued a new functionality "Compliance Check for Sections 206AB & 206CCA". This functionality is already functioning through reporting portal of the Income-tax Department .
The tax deductor/collector can feed the single PAN  or multiple PANs  of the deductee/ coIIectee and can get a response from the functionality if such deductee/collectee is a specified person. For PAN Search, response will be visible on the screen which can be downloaded in the PDF format. For Bulk Search, response would be in the form of downloadable file which can be kept for record.
The logic of the functionality has been explained through CBDT Circular No. 11 of 2021 dated 21st June, 2021 available at . The Circular has further eased the burden of the tax deductors/collectors by ensuring that the deductors/collectors need to check the PAN in the functionality at the beginning of the financial year without there being any need to check the PAN of the non-specified person again during that financial year.
With this new functionality, the Government has reiterated its commitment to ease the compliance burden of taxpayers.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Deploy fiscal resources for additional medical facilities, central instruct state government
The Central Government has asked all the State Governments to deploy fiscal resources for establishing additional medical facilities such as hospitals, clinical labs, isolation wards, expanding & upgrading existing facilities to combat the challenge posed by COVID19. These facilities need to be well equipped with ventilators, personal protective equipment , masks and drugs to treat the patients.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, on his Jayanti
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, paid tributes to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India, on his Jayanti today.
Prime Minister said, "Tributes to Dr. Kalam on his Jayanti. India can never forget his indelible contribution towards national development, be it as a scientist and as the President of India. His life journey gives strength to millions. "
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Curriculum redesigning for NSNIS Diploma and strengthening faculty at NCSC among key decisions taken by SAI's Academic Council
Sports coaching is one of the most important aspects of creating a strong sports ecosystem in the country. To further promote and strengthen sports coaching both at the grassroot and elite level, the 27th Academic Council of the Sports Authority of India has taken some key decisions in its recent council meeting.
The decisions are aimed to promote sporting excellence by strengthening the already existing system at the National Centre for Sports Coaching , as well as to provide new skills to coaches in line with the evolving needs of athletes.
The key decisions taken by the council are as under:
1) In keeping with the evolving structure of the global sports ecosystem and to ensure that Indian coaches are equipped to train athletes as per global standards, the syllabus structure and contents of the premiere course at NSNIS Patiala, Diploma course in Sports Coaching, have been revised after wide consultations with all relevant stakeholders, including the National Sporting Federations of the sporting disciplines.It has also been decided that in view of the Covid Pandemic the first semester of the Diploma course will be held online.
2) An expert sub-committee has been formed to take steps towards strengthening the quality of the faculty at SAI's National Institute of Sports in Patiala, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Trivandrum. This expert committee will screen the existing faculty and recommend new and future faculty and guest teachers so that a pool of outstanding experts can be created and course trainees can benefit from the best faculty available in the country, especially in the new online teaching format that has been adopted recently.
3) Taking note of the present Covid-19 situation, a decision was taken to continue the six-week certificate course of the coaches education programme online for grassroot-level and developmental coaches.
Speaking about the decisions, Colonel RS Bishnoi, Senior Executive Director  said, "The endeavour of the council has been to upgrade the current academic system in SAI to align the existing course to the evolving sports ecosystem. Getting the best faculty from across the country for the Diploma in Sports Coaching programme is also a key decision that has been taken. These are decisions that will go a long way in ensuring that sports coaching education in India creates sporting excellence at all levels."
Ministry of Railways
NHSRCL opens Technical bids for 28 Steel bridges and 88 km of viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad for MAHSR corridor
NHSRCL opens Technical bids for 28 Steel bridges and 88 km of viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad for MAHSR corridor.
Demand of 70,000 MT of Steel to boost Steel industries.
National High Speed Rail Corporation opens technical bids for two packages today for Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor  Procurement and Fabrication of 28 steel bridges for crossing over railway lines, rivers, highways, road crossings and other structures   Design and Construction of 88 km  of viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad in Gujarat including construction of elevated HSR station at Anand/Nadiad., 5 Bridges and 25 crossings.
Following bidders participated in the tender process:
Bidders for Procurement and Fabrication of 28 steel bridges :
1) Tata Projects Ltd.
2) Afcons Infrastructure Ltd.
3) Braithwaite & Co. Ltd.Consortium
4) Bridge & Roof Co.  Ltd.
5) NCC Ltd.
6) JMC Projects Ltd. &RaheeInfratech Ltd.
7) ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd. – M & B Engineering Ltd. Consortium
8) Larsen & Toubro – IHI Infrastructure Systems Consortium
Out of these, sr.no. 1 to 7 are Indian companies and Sr. no. 8 is a consortium between Indian and Japanese company.
Bidders for Design and Construction of 88 Kms viaduct and Anand/Nadiad station :
1: Afcons Infrastructure Limited – IRCON International Limited – JMC Projects India Ltd- Consortium
2: NCC Limited – Tata Project Ltd.- J. Kumar Infra Projects Ltd. - HSR Consortium
3: Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
All three bidders are Indian.
It is estimated that about 70,000 MT of Steel will be used for the fabrication of 28 steel bridges. NHSRCL has already sensitized the steel industries to cater such a huge demand for the India’s first High Speed Rail corridor.
With the opening of these bids, the technical bids covering 64%  of the total MAHSR alignment including five  HSR stations  out of 12 stations and one Train depot at Surat are under consideration. Earlier this week, NHSRCL has opened the technical bids for 237 km of viaduct between Vapi and Vadodara in Gujarat including 4 elevated HSR stations and one Train depot at Surat where all the three bidders comprising seven  leading Indian infrastructure companies had participated.
The Indian Steel and Cement industries and their allied supply chains will get a big boost from these tenders.